Hi: You can make a list out of the ... by doing below.

myfunction = function(...)
{
params <- list(...)
print(params)
print(str(params))
}

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Greenberg <jgrn@illinois.edu>wrote:

> This is probably a very noobish question, but if I want to create a
> function that allows an undetermined number of, say, numeric vectors to be
> fed to it, I would use:
>
> myfunction = function(...)
> {
> # Do something
>
> }
>
> Right?  If so, how do I a) count the number of vectors "fed" to the
> function, and b) how do I treat those vectors as variables, e.g. for the
> call:
>
> myfunction(c(1:10),c(2:11),c(3:13))
>
> Thanks!
>
> --j
>
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